I mean... yeah. Protestors don't need to have a direct affiliation with a protest to be supportive of it or participate in it. A person doesn't have to be Black to participate in Black Lives...
I mean... yeah. Protestors don't need to have a direct affiliation with a protest to be supportive of it or participate in it.
A person doesn't have to be Black to participate in Black Lives Matters protests.
A person doesn't have to be a Columbia student to be there in solidarity with the Columbia students.
Every few months my alma mater would have swaths of anti-abortion protestors who were definitely unaffiliated with the school on our campus. We'd text each other warnings on days they were there...
Every few months my alma mater would have swaths of anti-abortion protestors who were definitely unaffiliated with the school on our campus. We'd text each other warnings on days they were there because they'd set up signs with pretty gnarly photos. No police or snipers like there were with the recent protests, of course.
Oh man, I wish those crowds showed up when I was peak angry atheist at school. Would have been a great way to vent out some anger. I can shout very loudly. Pro tip for any students dealing with...
Oh man, I wish those crowds showed up when I was peak angry atheist at school.
Would have been a great way to vent out some anger. I can shout very loudly.
Pro tip for any students dealing with this: Go get some harmonicas or safety whistles. Then surround the anti-abortion protestors. Then just blow whenever they say words. Accordians are great cause they're loud and you can make noise indefinitely without getting tired, but good luck sourcing one of those on the cheap.
If you're feeling mean some survival whisles can deafen those fucks. Make sure you and any innocents bring earplugs.
Generally speaking the anti-abortion protestors that used to show up at my alma mater were pretty savvy -- they knew exactly where the line was for what was legal. I recall being advised that they...
Generally speaking the anti-abortion protestors that used to show up at my alma mater were pretty savvy -- they knew exactly where the line was for what was legal. I recall being advised that they deliberately wanted to incite students, who were more likely to cross that line, because then they could have a whole martyr complex and the student would be the one to get in trouble. They were also spread out over a pretty wide area (they used the big green in the middle of campus) which would make any attempts to surround them quite tough.
The occasional lone street preacher was more fun for the confrontational atheist types, since there wasn't the same level of organization and they were easier to make fun of.
NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- Of the hundreds arrested during protests at City College of New York and Columbia University, police say nearly half of them were found to have no affiliation with the schools.
I mean... yeah. Protestors don't need to have a direct affiliation with a protest to be supportive of it or participate in it.
A person doesn't have to be Black to participate in Black Lives Matters protests.
A person doesn't have to be a Columbia student to be there in solidarity with the Columbia students.
Every few months my alma mater would have swaths of anti-abortion protestors who were definitely unaffiliated with the school on our campus. We'd text each other warnings on days they were there because they'd set up signs with pretty gnarly photos. No police or snipers like there were with the recent protests, of course.
Oh man, I wish those crowds showed up when I was peak angry atheist at school.
Would have been a great way to vent out some anger. I can shout very loudly.
Pro tip for any students dealing with this: Go get some harmonicas or safety whistles. Then surround the anti-abortion protestors. Then just blow whenever they say words. Accordians are great cause they're loud and you can make noise indefinitely without getting tired, but good luck sourcing one of those on the cheap.
If you're feeling mean some survival whisles can deafen those fucks. Make sure you and any innocents bring earplugs.
Generally speaking the anti-abortion protestors that used to show up at my alma mater were pretty savvy -- they knew exactly where the line was for what was legal. I recall being advised that they deliberately wanted to incite students, who were more likely to cross that line, because then they could have a whole martyr complex and the student would be the one to get in trouble. They were also spread out over a pretty wide area (they used the big green in the middle of campus) which would make any attempts to surround them quite tough.
The occasional lone street preacher was more fun for the confrontational atheist types, since there wasn't the same level of organization and they were easier to make fun of.